The writer of SCREAM (Kevin Williamson) teams up with Robert Rodriguez (the
director of cult favourites like DESPERADO and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN) to
deliver a reasonably entertaining sci-fi thriller concerning a group of high
school students who discover that their teachers are actually aliens from
outer space. Though not boasting much great dialogue and only a few
genuinely suspenseful scenarios, the movie still succeeds in being fun
throughout. The special effects are pretty cool too, and manage to avoid
having a cheap look to them. Also, Williamson and Rodriguez are obviously
huge admirers of John Carpenter's work; because they shamelessly borrow from
Carpenter's all-time classic 'THE THING' in quite a number of scenes. You
want proof? Go rent THE THING and watch it back-to-back with this. Then
you'll see what I'm talking about.